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were killed or taken on the vessel, including seven Grey Crows, 

 Larks, Redbreasts, Wrens, Goldcrests, Starlings, Sparrows, 

 Chaffinches, and two Woodcocks; these birds were travelling 

 from S., S.E., and E. to N.W., N.N.W., and W. 



Wings from Galloper l.v. by Mr. Gurney. Oct. 10th, Tree 

 Sparrow and Chaffinch; 11th, Shore Lark; 13th, Great Tit; 

 27th, Chaffinch ; 28th, Blackstart (young male or old female ?), 

 Thrush ; 30th, Meadow Pipit ; Nov. 3rd, Jack Snipe and Water 

 Eail. 



On April 9th, 1884, I received from Mr. Gurney the wing of 

 a Dabchick (Little Grebe), which struck the lantern of the 

 Hasbro' lighthouse at 11 p.m. on the night of March 30th. The 

 force was so great that the bird was split from the neck along the 

 entire length of body; and on April 8th a Hoopoe was killed 

 against the North Hasbro' l.v., and the head, wings, and legs 

 sent to Mr. Gurney by Mr. B. V. Darnell, mate of that vessel. 

 A Hoopoe was also taken alive on April 10th, on board a 

 Grimsby smack when one hundred miles E.N.E. of the Spurn, 

 wind blowing strong from E., and had been for some days. 



At Heligoland, on the night from Aug. 6th to 7th, S.E., a 

 considerable flight of the Silver Gamma Moth, Plusia gammas 

 but nothing to be compared with the perfect snow-storms of this 

 moth which passed in the autumn of 1882, all going west. On 

 Oct. 11th, S.S.W., there was a considerable flight of Hyhernia 

 defoliaria, the Mottled Umber Moth, mixed with Hyhernia auran- 

 tiaria, the scarce Umber ; and also during the nights of the last 

 week in October repeated flights of these moths. With reference 

 to the great flight of Plusia gamma in 1882, a notice of which 

 appeared in our last Report, 1882, p. 47, Mr. Charles Williams, 

 of the Hanois l.h., Guernsey, sends this note : — ** Seeing Mr. 

 Giitke's remarks in your Report about the Gamma Moth, I beg 

 to say that they were here in June or July." 



At the Tees l.v., Nov. 18th,'*' a large Seal came quite close to 

 vessel, largest I've ever seen." As the Common Seal is well 

 known at the mouth of the Tees, this probably may have been 

 the Grey Seal, Halichoerus gryphus. 



From Flamborough comes the announcement that, on Feb. 

 18th, that rare fish, the Ribbon or Oar-fish, Begalecus hanksii, 

 was found alive amongst the rocks on the south side near the 

 Head; it measured thirteen feet -three inches in length, sixteen 



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